Is this version much hardier than the standard one? It looks tougher with its more compact crown and shorter fronds. karl.

Hi guys,
it was quite a while since my last post, but im back.
I have a question, considering not to exotics, but to common european ash.
Do you think that its little bit invasious tree?


Thats all for now,
Edo

i bought this palm from a small family run nursery it was just lablelled chamerops
the small compact dense foilage makes me wonder could it be vulcano it just seems so diffierent from my humilis.

Like everyone else I have lost a few valued palms due to the last couple of winters. The worst casualty for me was a decent sized C. Humils, which had a main trunk 18 inches high and four smaller trunks half this height around it. Halfway through this last winter (around Feb) it finally gave up and ...

I bought 6 palms three years ago ... these were labelled as chamaerops Excelsa and were bought from a large garden centre .... planted them at my client's home before buying, I phoned the garden centre to find out which palms were in stock and what the ...

How hardy are the small chammys from B&Q there about a fiver ?

i bought a cerifera back in march its 3 years old ive noticed a yellowish colour at the base of a couple of fans is this any thing to worry about

... (star jasmine this weekend) in the centre of the bed, I have planted a Japanese maple bloodgood .... on either side of the maple, I have planted 2 Chamaerops Humilis palms (these are approx 1m high from ground level) I have filled the gaps with hostas and hardy ferns (Dryopteris affinis Cristata ...

Hello I bought this palm 5 weeks ago off Ebay and it got stuck in the post over the weekend and looked very dry when I got it. I planted it straight away and watered well and it looks healthy now, but the new leaf looked yellow in the centre and I just pulled it and it came out. It was black and wet...

So i read vulcano grows on mountainous slopes of volcanic type soil. Should i put last nights bbq coal ash in my bin or on my palm?! I think it would look pretty good with the rocks around it but is it of any soil benefit? http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/pault123/2011-07-03115850.jpg ...

Listed as fortunei but in fact a cracking trunked humilis.
Bargain for somebody.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Trachycarpus-Fort ... 500wt_1156

A tip for people in the Mediterranean climates, looking to grow cocos nucifera. In places where the mean minimum air temps of the coldest months are between 4C and 12C: 1. Plant them in front of a south facing wall. 2. Us sandy soil 3. ...

Just for fun I am trying out some Chamaerops humilis seeds that a friend sent to me from Malaga. He picked them from a park near the city. Sulk time as he also boasted 35C afternoon temps :( I will try and germinate them in my usual manner ...

... mature specimen its hardy to -4C, the juveniles are badly affected by frost. They are best suited to bio regions of Tropical and subtropical. Some Mediterranean Climates do have Subtropical bio environment. some of my seeds has now sprouted.icon_thumright Bio diagram below. The critical line is ...

How hardy? Trying to pick a planting site or even a pot possibly